Xuanzang & The Journey to the West
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The Intellectual Struggles and Returns of a Buddhist Scholar
This chapter explores the richness of Buddhism with a focus on the Yogachara school, emphasizing consciousness as reality. It highlights a pivotal debate in 642, led by a prominent figure who, after 17 years abroad, returned to China with vital Buddhist texts that transformed Chinese Buddhism.
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